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The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players

Ben Lindbergh

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Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success

Matthew Syed

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The Master: The Brilliant Career of Roger Federer

Christopher Clarey

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Ian Leslie • Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It

Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager

Buzz Bissinger

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Ian Yates, a British sports scientist and coach who helped develop future professional athletes in a range of sports.

David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Brian Mccarthy • China's Fiscal Plan

A Writer's Coach

Jack R. Hart

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‘workmanlike’ players were selected instead of ‘stars’ and the appeal of the ‘David Beckham’ narrative (the instinctive belief that good-looking players are somehow better) was rejected.

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The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players

Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success

The Master: The Brilliant Career of Roger Federer

Ian Leslie • Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It

Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager

David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Brian Mccarthy • China's Fiscal Plan

A Writer's Coach

John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them